as a Last Name
- 51,006
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Blackwell
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of various places, for example in Cumbria, Derbyshire, County Durham, Warwickshire, and Worcestershire, named Blackwell, from Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ + wæll(a), well(a) ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
| 672nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Black, Blackburn, Blackmon, Blackman, Blackwood, Blakely, Blackford, Blackstone, Blackmore, Blackshear
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 51,006
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- South Carolina
- has the most people named Blackwell per capita
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